[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12647-12648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05465]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration

[Docket No. TSA-2004-19147]


Intent To Request Renewal From OMB of One Current Public 
Collection of Information: Flight Training for Aliens and Other 
Designated Individuals; Security Awareness Training for Flight School 
Employees

AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration, DHS.

ACTION: 60-day Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) invites 
public comment on one currently approved Information Collection Request 
(ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0021, 
abstracted below, that we will submit to OMB for renewal in compliance 
with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes the nature of 
the information collection and its expected burden. The collection 
involves gaining information to conduct security threat assessments for 
all aliens and other designated individuals seeking flight instruction 
(``candidates'') from Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-certified 
flight training providers. Pursuant to statute, TSA will use the 
information collected to determine whether a candidate poses a threat 
to aviation or national security, and thus prohibited from receiving 
flight training. Additionally, flight training providers are required 
to conduct a security awareness training program for their employees 
and to maintain records associated with this training.

DATES: Send your comments by May 11, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be emailed to [email protected] or delivered to 
the TSA PRA Officer, Office of Information Technology (OIT), TSA-11, 
Transportation Security Administration, 601 South 12th Street 
Arlington, VA 20598-6011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina A. Walsh at the above 
address, or by telephone (571) 227-2062.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.), an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is 
not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it 
displays a valid OMB control number. The ICR documentation is available 
at http://www.reginfo.gov. Therefore, in preparation for OMB review and 
approval of the following information collection, TSA is soliciting 
comments to--
    (1) Evaluate whether the proposed information requirement is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden;
    (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including using appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.

Information Collection Requirement

    OMB Control Number 1652-0021, Flight Training for Aliens and Other 
Designated Individuals; Security Awareness Training for Flight School 
Employees, 49 CFR part 1552. Pursuant to section 612 of the Vision 
100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 44939), TSA is 
required to conduct security threat assessments for all aliens and 
other designated individuals seeking flight instruction with Federal 
Aviation Administration (FAA)-certified flight training providers. On 
September 20, 2004, TSA promulgated regulations (49 CFR part 1552) to 
transfer the program from the Department of Justice to TSA and to make 
appropriate amendments to determine that candidates do not pose a 
threat to aviation or national security and thus permitted to receive 
flight training. The collection of information required under 49 CFR 
part 1552 includes candidates' biographic information and fingerprints, 
which TSA uses to perform the security threat assessment. Additionally, 
flight training providers are required to maintain records of having 
conducted security awareness training for their employees to increase 
awareness of suspicious circumstances and activities of individuals 
enrolling in, or attending, flight training. Each flight training 
provider employee must receive security awareness training within 60 
days of being hired and on an annual recurring basis. The flight 
training providers must maintain records of the training completed 
throughout the course of the individual's employment, and for one year 
after the individual is no longer a flight training provider employee.
    Based on the numbers of respondents to date, TSA estimates a total 
of 39,900 respondents annually: 35,000 candidates and 4,900 flight 
training providers. Respondents are required to provide the subject 
information every time an alien or other designated individual applies 
for pilot training as described in the regulation and subsequent 
interpretations, which is estimated to be 50,000 responses per year. 
TSA estimates an average of 45 minutes to complete each application, 
for a total approximate application burden of 37,500 hours per year. 
Flight training providers must keep records for each flight training 
candidate for five years from the time they are created. It is 
estimated each of the 4,900 flight training providers will carry an 
annual record keeping burden of 104 hours, for a total of 509,600 
hours. Thus, TSA estimates the combined hour burden associated with 
this collection to be 547,100 hours annually.

    Dated: March 4, 2015.
Christina A. Walsh,
TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2015-05465 Filed 3-9-15; 8:45 am]
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